Just Add Ink #572 Inspiration

 

Hello there,

this week at Just Add Ink Nikki is asking us to Just Add Inspiration. I loved the bright colours, and while flowers would usually mean flowers this week I decided to follow a different path. The colours from the inspiration picture inspiring a bright Christmas card. Here's the inspiration pic.

This is how my card turned out.

It's been a crazy busy exhausting week so I am going to keep this super short and simple.

Ink blended background.

Alcohol coloured images.

Embossed snow in the background.

Wink of Stella and Shimmery Crystal effects for the necessary Christmas bling.

The Just Add Ink design team has an abundance of stunning projects to show you this week so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Stamps: Cup of Christmas (R), Gnome for the Holidays (R), Santa's Elves (My Favorite Things)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Shapes (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic Whisper White, Basic Whisper White, Pacific Point

Ink: Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Night of Navy, Versamark, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: SU! Blends (lots and lots of colours - sorry no details this week), Blending brushes, White embossing powder, Heat Tool, Horizontal Snow stencil (My Favorite Things), Wink of Stella, Shimmery Crystal Effects, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cutting machine (R)

Just Add Ink #427 "K"

Hello there, 

it was another crazy busy week at work so I am very glad it's Friday. I'm thinking some chill out time on the couch this weekend is fully deserved! Another reason to be happy is that it's time for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Tina has asked us to to Just Add "K". What does that mean? Well it means that the main element of your project must be something that begins with the letter "K". It could be an object, and animal (kangaroo) or a colour (Kraft) or a technique or fancy fold (Kaleidoscope).

I'm slowly working on building my stash of Christmas cards so I rifled through my stash to find something beginning with "K" that I could use and I found a "kitty". My kitty images are  actually birthday ones, so I had to play around with some masking but it was kind of fun to see if I could build the image I wanted. Here's how it turned out.

I coloured my images with alcohol markers, swished over them with Wink of Stella and added a glossy coat of glue to the star and bauble. The images were coloured in bright primary colours so I decided that a strong blue background would work, one that hints at a night sky. To carry through the hints of gold in the card I speckled it with Aztec Gold shimmer paint. A stitched border around the edge of the watercoloured panel was all I needed to do then to finish it off!

The Just Add Ink DT have lot of fun "K" inspired projects to show you, so please do go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Project Recipe:

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Product List

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies $50.00	Stitched Labels Framelits Dies $57.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $13.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock $14.75
Watercolor Paper $8.75	Basic Black A4 Card Stock $14.75	Gold Glimmer Paper $8.75	Real Red Combo Pack Stampin' Blends $15.50	Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends $15.50
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Light Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Marker $7.75
Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint $14.00	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Ink Refill $6.50	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Ink Refill $6.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Versamark Pad $15.00
White Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75	Embossing Buddy $10.00	Heat Tool $50.00	Stamping Sponges $6.00	Fine-Tip Glue Pen $12.00
Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $9.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50	Big Shot Platform $45.25	Big Shot $159.00

Non SU! items: Santa's Elves (My Favorite Things), Merry Everything (MFT), Newton Loves Cake (Newton's Nook), a few Copic markers 
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